The Factors that Affect Color Match
End use customers tend to have a notion in their minds that any color can be matched when anodizing aluminum. It may be possible but there are many factors that come into play that prevent certain colors from being achieved.
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Anodizing Aluminum, Color Anodizing
Defective Material Report Process to Set Expectations
I often hear customers say that when they received their anodized aluminum parts back from their anodize vendor, they are surprised by scratches and dents, which they are THEN told were there on arrival. To maintain clarity throughout the production and deliver process, DCHN created a proactive process for the assessment and notification of such issues.
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Anodizing Aluminum, Anodizer
“Challenges & Solutions for Reusable Medical Devices Requiring Reprocessing”
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Aluminum Anodizing, FDA Regulations for Aluminum Anodizing
Keep Your P.O. in the Passing Lane to Keep the Order Moving
Have you ever been at a red light waiting for the light to change … and when it finally does … you can’t move because the car in front does not move fast enough—holding up the entire line? We face a similar predicament in our own way when your purchase order arrives … we’re ready to go … and the P.O. does not have all the information on it we need to begin the project.
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Aluminum Anodizing
Top 5 Ways to Store Aluminum Parts to Prevent Corrosion
We realize that every facility has its own unique physical attributes and each organization operates with its own processes. Either of these variables can wreak havoc on or facilitate the proper care and storage of aluminum parts. Given that there are many possibilities that can impact the proper storage of aluminum parts (prior to and after anodizing aluminum), let’s talk about the top 5 best-care practices you can implement to prevent corrosion.
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Aluminum Anodizing, Proper Storage of Aluminum Parts
The Impact of Foreign Materials on Aluminum Parts before Anodizing
Although simple in principle, there is a lot of confusion over how aluminum parts need to arrive at the metal finisher so that they can be anodized. Any time a component part comes from a completed assembly that has been taken apart, there is a high risk that some other material will come along and interfere with the coating process.
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Anodized Aluminum Finish Contamination
Why We Need to Know About the Alloy and Its Temper When Anodizing Aluminum
With over 30 commonly available aluminum alloys, and a multitude of tempers for each alloy, this question frequently arises: how important are the roles of alloy and temper in the aluminum anodizing process? The short answer is: VERY important. Let’s familiarize ourselves with some background information so we can answer the question in detail.
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Topics: Anodized Aluminum, Aluminum Anodizing
